Motor-vehicle.



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MOTOR VEHICLE,

' APPLICATION FILED Nov. 29, I9I6.

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site Sdes of the lezu wheel 2, :zml lley :we luevebly cenneered wth 'lle frame er hmlv A by arms 6 which' :are pvemlly cenneced at lleir from; emls 7 willi hc vehicle body, and se lille 'rem' ende e? the arms "Ille rem' The side wheels zu'e llms capable movement up und down with respect t elle body A. The w mel-support,- ing arms 6 can be more er less flexibly cennecte will; the body by 'ineens vunder the eeetol of ille' operator. This means cemprises e horizontal shaft 8 extemlng' fransfeiseljx of the lmcly, and on Ehe enfle of hls 'elm'f are ean'elver Springs 9 which have tle year enfle neming en top of the "arme 6 en acent the rem ends thereof, and the slm, 8 previded Wih an operafngr lever 107 which by being;y pullecl rewmjdlly places the iiell'emx mgmg from zelve te an amount sullicem. ce prevent The Veee from ipglw. The level 10mm be locked le :my lesred position by menus of :l teeled secol' 11 and a sninble @eich alcun, ehi-owing the lever i() im' m'dly the lensinn et' the springs 9 is decreasedn The propelling power may be apphed t0 .'fhe reausde wheels in. several ways. 'For instance, each mm G may suppcrt an internal combusmon engme B, as shown m 151g.

and each engine is geared er otherwise From 'the foregoing (lescipon faken in conneeen w "n 'elle accompanying dxaming, "ehe vvazltegcs el' the conetx'nctesx :mil metlxec of epera'nn wll 'be remlly unclesteed lay these skilled in 'she :wt to which ille invengo'e eppenlns, and while .have described principle of .operai/ien-7 together 'with "elle device which new consider' te be lle beet emllediment, 'diei-eef; dese ic neve ils umlelswd @bei the device Shown gnez'ely illusrath'e and. 'that such changes may'. be made when {lesredvas fall Withx the scope ef elle appended claims, Y i avng *thus desclibed my invention, claim als new ene. defae 'te sec ure by Letters Fatemi? l. A vehicle comprising e body, a pair of body-supporting Wheels disposed in tandem relation, a pair driving' Wheels disposed et oppogsbe sides of one oi' the rst-menvtioned wheels, and adjustable Spring "means 'A loting downwardly on the driving Wheels.

2, A vehicle comprising a; body, front and rear Wheels in tandem relation, pivoted arms @Il the bQdy, power driven Wheels mounted on the arms and disposed at opposite sides of the plane of the .first-mentioned Wheels;

. front and rea/r body supporting Wheels disposed in tandem relation, a pair of side Wheels adjacent one of thefrst-mentioned wheels, arms oonnecting the side Wheels with memes the body, motor means operatively oonneoted with the sideWheelsQ-and operatoi'- controlled means for exerting, a variabie tension -downwmrd*ly; on the arms.

LLfllie combination of a vehicle body, from and rear body supporting Wheels, side Wheels disposed at opposite sides of the irsb. mentioned Wheels, means for movably con n meeting the side Wheels with the body, motor means for applying power to ihe side Wheels, spring means between the. body and side Wheels, and opeijiatobeodltrolled means for adjusting the spning means,

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